HI Adam,If it were mine, I'd:Replace the blue color with a trendy (light) avocado-ish green (the lawn is green and the bricks look good with that).Replace the all of the white including the garage door with a darker color to contrast (or blend) with the green (experiment a little).Move the house numbers down one board to make the house seem bigger.

Vineyard valuation models from appraisers are typically a blended market value/discounted cashflow blend, unless the operation is generating boatloads of cashflow above and beyond market value, then they will typically switch to DCF only.

2) You seem to want to make moral equivalence between the two... saying neither work in their purest forms... so let's blend them together.

I think there's a good blend of being compassionate with very clear boundaries, but it's not natural to many people.

For sheets we are using the Kohl's Big One 70/30 cotton/poly blend in a percale weave.

I have a dozen houses with them and my blended CoC return is around 17%. 

They are summer weight so I do provide fluffy comforters in the closets for spring and fall guests.Now, for sheets, I am all in on 70/30 cotton/poly blend in a percale weave.

When you go with a Matte finish or Eggshell you'll have to paint the entire wall to make it blend in correctly.Its really personal choice but after doing this for so many years we found this to be the best approach.

Hence a property being improved that is not rented can be blended with others that are.

If in the ghetto, I would blend in.